GLENN Hoddle today saluted the importance of back-to-back clean sheets as the possible catalyst for Wolves continuing their recent resurgence.

Friday's 3-0 win at Derby, on the back of a 2-0 home success against Norwich, provided Hoddle with the first consecutive shutouts of his Molineux reign. Of even more importance was Wolves' success in dealing with set pieces.

Between their Carling Cup and league defeats at Watford in September and October, Wolves were rocked by a spell when eight of the 10 goals leaked all stemmed from free kicks or corners.

But extra efforts on the training ground appear to have paid off.

"It's good to get backto-back clean sheets because that's a task that we'd set ourselves," said Hoddle.

"We had to make sure we stopped conceding from set plays which we've now done for three games.

"At Derby, Idiakez always puts a fantastic ball in so we did a few different things in defending corners and free kicks in terms of areas to mark.

"And we told Stefan (Postma) to be dominant which he was in coming out and punching a few times.

"But achieving clean sheets starts from the front, and everyone contributed to an impressive all-round performance."